History of computing hardware

observation on the growth of integrated circuit capacity

paper-based recording medium

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machine for calculating dynamic behavior by analog electronics or mechanic analogies

predominant form of random-access computer memory for 20 years between about 1955 and 1975

group of 8 PhDs employed at Shockley Semiconductor that left to form Fairchild Semiconductor

1968 computer demonstration by Douglas Engelbart

1947 video game

storage of data on a medium using marks in a pattern, which can be read back with the aid of light

The KiddiComp concept, envisioned by Alan Kay on January 1, 1968 while a PhD candidate, and later developed and described as the Dynabook in his 1972 proposal "A personal computer for children of all ages", outlines the requirements for a conceptual portable educational device that would offer similar functionality to that now supplied via a laptop computer or (in some of its other incarnations) a tablet or slate computer with the exception of the requirement for any Dynabook device offering near eternal battery life. Adults could also use a Dynabook, but the target audience was children.

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The BUNCH was the nickname for the group of mainframe computer competitors of IBM in the 1970s. The name is derived from the names of the five companies: Burroughs, UNIVAC, NCR, Control Data Corporation (CDC), and Honeywell. These companies were grouped together because the market share of IBM was much higher than all of its competitors put together.

history of the consumer personal computer

7400 Series TTL Arithmetic Logic Unit IC

era of technology characterized by quantum processors with <1000 qubits sensitive to noise, prone to quantum decoherence, and incapable of continuous quantum error correction

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trend in the history of computing that the number of computations per unit energy dissipated doubles every 1.57 years

incomplete document containing the first published description of the logical design of a computer using the stored-program concept

device that can detect simultaneous electric signals

electromechanical data processing machine

Digital Camera

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overview about the influence of the IBM PC on the personal computer market

observation by the head of Nvidia Jensen Huang about the advancement of artificial intelligence technology

removable assembly of disk platters used in early hard disk drives

aspect of history relating to the invention of integrated circuits